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Tracking Down Minnesota’s “Doughnut Cities”

Kinda Different Posted on 2019-10-06 by kdawson2020-12-08

This does not hap­pen in Mass­a­chu­setts. There, cities and towns tile the coun­ties and the state: they do not over­lap. Min­neso­ta is kin­da dif­fer­ent. In this state, eleven cities are com­plete­ly enclosed with­in the lim­its … ‣ more…

Posted in Exploring, Geography, History | 8 Replies

Can’t Get There From Here

Kinda Different Posted on 2019-07-08 by kdawson2019-07-25

Fol­low along as we ven­ture down a long and twisty Trail of explo­ration of a most­ly for­got­ten era in motor­ing his­to­ry: when no roads had num­bers but some had mar­ket­ing names. How many have heard the … ‣ more…

Posted in Driving, Exploring, Transportation | 6 Replies

Sorting All the Saint Anthonys

Kinda Different Posted on 2019-07-03 by kdawson2020-03-08

Ever won­der about the var­i­ous places named Saint Antho­ny strewn about the Twin Cities? I have long been con­fused by the many lev­els of names, offi­cial and unof­fi­cial, for areas and neigh­bor­hoods here­abouts. Allow me … ‣ more…

Posted in Exploring, Government, Places | 4 Replies

Sorting All the Saint Pauls

Kinda Different Posted on 2019-06-26 by kdawson2019-07-02

Ever won­der about the var­i­ous “lit­tle Saint Pauls” scat­tered seem­ing­ly at ran­dom around this city? There’s North Saint Paul (to the north­east), West Saint Paul (due south), and South Saint Paul (which is indeed south, … ‣ more…

Posted in Exploring, Names, Places | 4 Replies

St. Paul’s Ghost Parks

Kinda Different Posted on 2018-09-09 by kdawson2018-09-16

I stum­bled upon the exis­tence of the ghost parks in a sin­gu­lar way. I was return­ing home from the post office on West 7th, dri­ving north up Lex­ing­ton Pkwy., when a star­tling nota­tion on the map … ‣ more…

Posted in Exploring, Names, Urban Design | 12 Replies

Herbivorous Butcher

Kinda Different Posted on 2016-03-05 by kdawson2016-03-16

When my wife was grow­ing up and her grand­par­ents lived in “Nord‘east,” it was not a hip, hap­pen­ing place. It was a bunch of sep­a­rate Min­neapo­lis neigh­bor­hoods sort­ed by eth­nic­i­ty. Kin­da dif­fer­ent now. Caveat: While the … ‣ more…

Posted in Exploring, Food | 7 Replies

Payne

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-12-29 by kdawson2015-12-29

We found lots to like in a brief incur­sion into St. Paul’s north­east quar­ter, out along Payne Avenue. Unlike Min­neapoli­tans, St. Paulites don’t call this quad­rant of their city “North­east.” Rather it’s “Payne-Phalen and The … ‣ more…

Posted in Architecture, Exploring, Food, Restaurants | 12 Replies

Recent Posts

  • Suddenly at Home 2020-03-30
  • Tracking Down Minnesota’s “Doughnut Cities” 2019-10-06
  • Aldus, Bembo, and the Semicolon 2019-08-06
  • The River’s Source, Part 2 2019-07-31
  • The River’s Source, Part 1 2019-07-29
  • A Tale of Two Boutwells 2019-07-20
  • Venerable Hole in the Wall 2019-07-13
  • Can’t Get There From Here 2019-07-08
  • Sorting All the Saint Anthonys 2019-07-03
  • Four Years of Kinda Different 2019-06-27
  • Sorting All the Saint Pauls 2019-06-26
  • St. Paul’s Ghost Parks 2018-09-09
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